Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Son-in-Law's Thousand Years

  This golden building, more magnificent than the Forbidden City, stretches as far as the eye can see. The tens of meters high red city wall, combined with the dazzling golden glazed tiles, extends to both sides and disappears at the end of the line of sight.

  Far away, hundreds of golden armored warriors patrolled around the city walls, like small golden dots, constantly moving.

  Eight elders, dressed in purple robes, stood respectfully on both sides of the passageway at the gate, while more than twenty powerful black-armored generals stood atop the city wall at the gate, leading their soldiers with hands clasped and bowed heads.

  "Welcome back, Old Wang!"

  As Zhao Guang stepped forward a few steps, these eighty or more elders and twenty or more generals, together with the hundreds of soldiers behind them, all shouted in unison.

  The momentum shook the sky and seemed to stir up a layer of waves around it.

  Zhao Guang simply waved his hand casually and then led Hao Ren into the main gate with a steady pace. More than 80 elders followed closely behind, entering in an orderly manner.

  And those twenty or more generals, went deeper one level, and brought their own soldiers, along the city wall, continuing to patrol each corner.

  After passing through the outermost city wall, Hao Rencai found that there were layers and layers of various palaces inside. Similarly, in the inner courtyards, there were generals and soldiers patrolling everywhere with different uniforms.

  Dadada... An old man with a bent back and wearing a gray jacket came running over.

  "Dragon King forgive me! Your humble servant didn't know the Dragon King had returned, and missed the distant welcome!" He ran to the front of the Dragon King, and was about to kneel down.

  Zhao Guang casually pointed with his hand and made him jump up out of thin air. As he continued walking, he asked, "Prime Minister Xia, hasn't anything happened recently?"

  "This Xia Chengxiang followed closely behind Zhao Guang, 'Reporting to the Dragon King, in the past month, the Dragon Palace has been calm and peaceful, with all matters being managed by the various elders as usual...'"

  "Say something useful," said Zhao Guang.

  "It is..." Xia Chengxiang nodded, "In the past month, important matters, I have all passed on to Sun Changlao and Lu Changlao on land, and had them reviewed by Dragon King. As for some minor matters, I and the elders who stayed behind in the dragon palace have handled them ourselves. These minor matters are, the South Sea has sent over..."

  36 pieces of Millennium Red Fire Fruit that have just matured, I already exist in the ice warehouse; The six princesses of the North Sea got married, and we sent six top-quality pearls with array effects as gifts; The Qinghe Dragon King of the Western Sea borrowed our yellow-level cultivation method "Seven Hearts Seven Spirits" last week because his nephew's cultivation was hindered.

  "After discussing with several elders, I have lent it to them. They promised to return it in a month and I estimate that there will be some gifts when the time comes..."

  Zhao Guang walked while listening to Xia Chengxiang's report, occasionally nodding with a murmur of "uh-huh", and Xia Chengxiang was extremely cautious, afraid of saying anything wrong.

  Seeing the more than 80 elders following behind him, silent as cicadas in winter, even their footsteps were light and leisurely, walking beside Zhao Guang was Hao Ren, for the first time truly feeling what it meant by "the majesty of an emperor"!

  Zhao Guang is taciturn in daily life, but actually also approachable. Who would have thought that he commands the three million sea clans of the Eastern Sea? With a wave of his hand and a turn of his foot, he can stir up wind and rain for nine days!

  "Is Elder Zhao's ritual platform almost ready?" Zhao Guang suddenly asked.

  "The seventy-eighth process has been completed, and now six large arrays and thirty-two small arrays can be activated. It is expected that in more than ten days, everything will be completed. Third Master's magical powers are strong, and he is now invincible in the mortal world. Next month's heavenly tribulation will definitely be passed smoothly, and he will ascend to the heavens as a dragon!" Xia Chengxiang said.

  Walking beside Zhao Guang, Hao Ren guessed that they were talking about Zhao Yanzi's third uncle. Although he knew that Zhao Yanzi's third uncle was indeed very strong, he had never had a concrete concept of it. Now, hearing the phrase "invincible in the mortal world", he realized just how terrifying his third uncle's strength was.

  Entering a grand hall, Zhao Guang suddenly turned around and said, "Everyone, go back and rest."

  "Uh..." Xia Chengxiang quietly pointed to Hao Ren beside Zhao Guang with his hand, wanting to speak but stopping himself.

  "Oh," Zhao Guang came to his senses and raised his hand, pointing to Hao Ren beside him, "This is Ah Zi's husband, Hao Ren."

  "Long live the Emperor for ten thousand years, ten thousand years, and ten thousand more!" More than eighty elderly men bowed in unison and shouted in chorus.

  This momentum made Hao Ren feel a little surprised and delighted.

  "Silly kid, there's a law array protecting this place, no seawater can get in, what's the point of still holding onto that water-avoiding bead?" Zhao Guang said, seeing Hao Ren's mouth puffed up and not speaking.

  Hao Ren finally came back to his senses and spat out the Water Repelling Pearl from his mouth.

  He followed Zhao Guang all the way through half of the Dragon Palace, marveling at this and that, and listening to Xia Chengxiang's various reports, his mood still not adjusted.

  Xia Chengxiang took out a piece of brocade handkerchief and wrapped up the Avoid Water Pearl that Hao Ren had taken out, then returned it to Hao Ren.

  Hao Ren realized it was a deliberate attempt to curry favor with him, but still said "thank you" to him.

  "Xia Chengxiang, take Ah Ren around. It's his first time here and he's not familiar with the Dragon Palace. Sometimes he doesn't understand things, so be patient and explain them to him," said Zhao Guang.

  "I obey the Dragon King's decree!" Minister Xia bowed his hands and waist, glanced at Hao Ren, then backed out of the palace.

  Zhao Guang stayed in the palace, and there were still some things to deal with. As Xia Chengxiang said, some major events would be passed on to Lu Zhanglao and Sun Zhanglao, who would then pass them on to Zhao Guang for handling. Some minor matters would be discussed and handled by him together with the elders left in charge of the Dragon Palace, but there were still some things that were neither big nor small.

  There is no need to report it up, and they don't dare to handle it arbitrarily, so they temporarily detain it and wait for Zhao Guang's return to Long Palace for review.

  Just as Zhao Guang was quietly dealing with these accumulated matters, Hao Ren and Xia Cheng had already arrived outside the grand hall of Zhao Guang's office.

  Seeing Xia Chengxiang always bowing, Hao Ren was a bit suspicious that he was transformed by the shrimp spirit, but fearing of hurting his self-esteem, Hao Ren endured it.

  "Your Excellency, it's your first time in the Dragon Palace and you're not familiar with it. Let me, Xi, take you on a tour." Xia Chengxiang asked respectfully, keeping a distance of half a meter from Hao Ren.

  "Then thank you, Minister Xia Cheng." Hao Ren learned from their example and cupped his hands in a gesture of respect.

  Seeing this rumored but never seen "husband" serving so well, Xia Chengxiang's spirit was lifted, his waist and back straightened a bit, leading Hao Ren to walk towards the back, his voice also became louder, "Husband, please follow me, this front is the Hundred Flowers Palace, planted with hundreds of years old

  "Rare and exotic fruits, all good materials for alchemy. I can take you in to take a look around, but you mustn't touch anything, some things have incantations on them, if something goes wrong, I won't be able to bear the responsibility..."

  "This is further ahead, the Yiling Palace, where some of the rare beasts between heaven and earth are raised. The heavens have a benevolent virtue, our Dragon Palace does not take their lives, it's just that now the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is scarce, the land no longer has space for them to survive, so we open up a living environment for them..."

  The place hasn't arrived yet, and this Xia Chengxiang is getting more and more excited as he speaks.

  Hao Ren followed behind him, listening to these strange stories, and suddenly thought, with such a large palace, is there a "harem" or not...

  Xia Chengxiang, who was leaning against the wall of the building, suddenly turned his head back.

  Uh... just out of curiosity... Haoren, feeling guilty, explained to himself and quickly quickened his pace to catch up.